Our Key Stakeholders

"The success of farmers as our main stakeholders is the driver of all our activities."

All of our activities along the value chain are focused on providing modern agriculture with innovative varieties of high-quality seed with which to grow feed and food and regenerative raw materials to produce energy. The cooperation with all our stakeholders is very important in order to reach these goals.

Farmers

By buying our high-quality seed, our customers invest in the development and optimization of cereal varieties.

KWS†

Our shareholders grant us the freedom to act independently.

Employees

More than 400 specialists worldwide are our key factor for success.

R&D cooperations

Several partnerships in science further enhance the development of new breeding or seed processing technologies.†

Seed organizations and politics

Variety protection, patents, and legal framework make up the foundation of our business.††

Partners in the seed value chain

Maintaining close contact with seed processors, multipliers, dealers, seed treatment providers keeps us close to the market pulse.

Partners in the food, feed, and energy value chain

A close dialog with partners like millers, brewers, feed producers, etc. is a major driver of our variety development.